Economic fragility affects not only the level of asset prices, but also the conditional moments of asset returns. This dissertation models a fragile economy that ìbreaksî when productivity drops below a certain threshold. ...

There are numerous frequentist statistics variable selection methods such as Stepwise regression, AIC and BIC etc. In particular, the latter two criteria include a penalty term which discourages overfitting. In terms of ...

Given the increasing number of younger immigrants from China, we have noticed diversified performances of Chinese-American teenagers based on the age they come to the U.S. This thesis thus examines three specific ...

Students continue to arrive at universities with poor study and time management skills: they are not proactive in their studies while professors are not willing to hold them accountable for their shortcomings. The result ...

The marginalization index for each municipality in Mexico confirms that the country is characterized by substantial economic inequality. Using this index as a tool to measure inequality in urbanization and data from the ...

Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) demonstrate reduced limb blood flow and muscle spasticity. It is plausible that the accumulation of metabolites, resulting from reduced perfusion, could exacerbate spasticity via ...

Early life factors play important roles in disease susceptibility in later life. However, the relationship between dietary factors in early life on childhood growth, especially linear growth, remains unclear. This research ...

Life satisfaction is an important indicator in suicidal behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of health-related behaviors on adolescent life satisfaction using structural equation modeling ...